By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, March 18,2023 at 8:37 PMIn response to the new UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution concerning the call for an “independent assessment to address the challenges in Afghanistan,” the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the current government would cooperate with it if the assessment is aimed at fostering cooperation. Mujahid said the assessment should not be for producing propaganda against the system and based on false information. “We hope…
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by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Mar 18, 2023The BNP’s grassroots leaders have suggested the top leadership that the party should not take part in any polls under the incumbent government. They have also recommended finalising the movement strategy to force the government to hold the next general election under a non-party interim government. They said that the BNP should focus more on strengthening its organisational capacity by quelling all internal feuds before…
report in The Island, Mar 16, 2023Many trade unions staged a one-day general strike yesterday, demanding that taxes, tariffs and interest rates be reduced. The organisers of the strike said they would intensify their trade union action unless the government heeded their demands. More than 40 trade unions, in several sectors, joined the strike, organised by the trade unions of professionals. Many other state and semi-state trade unions also supported the strike. The Trade Unions…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, March 16, 2023The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering has pointed out Nepal’s failure to criminalise corruption involving the private sector as one of the country’s deficiencies in complying with the standards on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, a senior government official said. Nepal’s existing anti-corruption laws—the Prevention of Corruption Act-2002 and the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority Act 1991—criminalise corruption involving the public sector.…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:18 PMAfghanistan was discussed on the last day of the Global Security Forum in Doha, where the participants included activists and ex-officials from the former Afghan government. The former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that while the Islamic Emirate was denying girls an education in religion, “in Islam, it’s obligatory.” “First and foremost, girls (should) be able to go to school, for…
report in Ceylon Today -March 11, 2023In the midst of daily protests by university undergraduates escalating, the Government has decided against offering State sector jobs in future to those who engage in anti-Government protests and riots. A top Government official said the Government has taken steps to identify and maintain records of those, especially undergraduates, who are engaged in ‘unnecessary’ anti-Government protests. “A database will be maintained and when these people apply for Government jobs,…
report in ToloNews, Mar 9, 2023 at 9.41pmThe Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said that Tehran does not recognize the Afghan interim government but will continue to cooperate with Afghanistan. Abdollahian, at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, called for the formation of an inclusive government. “We don’t recognize (it) and we hope to have negotiations with the officials of the Islamic Emirate and see the formation of an inclusive government…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post,March 07, 2023March 7, 2023Updated at : March 7, 2023 06:48Raising public issues, analysing the laws proposed by the executive, and speaking up against the wrongdoings of the government in Parliament all fall under an opposition party’s chief responsibilities. But in Nepal, that is still a distant dream. Regardless of their number of seats, all that the political parties, whether big or small, want is power, political observers say.…
AP report in TOLOnews, Mar 5, 2023— Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members. The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime Pentagon chiefs Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, offered that guidance after reports that a concerning number of veterans have been convicted of crimes since leaving military service. The commission was…
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan in Ceylon Today, Mar 4, 2023Sri Lanka is considering selecting one of three locations – Trincomalee, Hambantota, or Mannar for the proposed Russian mini nuclear power plant and the Sri Lankan Government intends to consult India before signing an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Russia. Regarding the funding of the project, the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (SLAEB) is of the view that the government ‘may’ go for fully Russian-funded nuclear plants…